"The
exact science of human regeneration is the Lost Key of Masonry, for
when the Spirit Fire is lifted up through the 33 degrees, or segments of
the spinal column. Operative Masonry, in the fullest meaning of that
term, signifies the process by which the Eye of Horus (third eye) is
opened. Moreover, the 3 times 3 is part of the mystery of the 33rd
degree of Freemasonry, for 33 is 3 times 3, which is 9, the number of
esoteric man and the number of emanations from the root of the Divine
Tree; and Jesus was crucified in the 33 year of His life." -- Manly P. Hall